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September 19, 2014

Ethics Commission selects 10 lobbyists for audit

Following its usual practice, the state Ethics Commission said it has selected 10 lobbyists at random for audits this fiscal year.

The commission said it will audit registered client lobbyists, which are the companies or entities paying for the lobbying services. The commission will also audit all associated communicator lobbyists — typically law firms or consultants — who receive payment for the lobbying work.

Lobbyists selected Thursday include Northeast Utilities, MGM Resorts International, Day Kimball Hospital, and Eli Lilly, among others.

They were chosen from a pool of 966 lobbyists, which spent more than $71 million in 2013 on legislative and administrative lobbying.

The audits are meant to verify compliance with the state's code of ethics as well as check financial filings for any misstatements.

The commission’s most recent slate of lobbyist audits, covering 2010, 2011 and 2012, found that four lobbyists submitted one or more of their required ethics filings late.

Two reports — from Norwich Free Academy and Coordinated Transport Solutions— failed to include payments to communicators of $5,000 and $2,250, respectively.

Both entities attached comments to their audits calling the omissions clerical or inadvertent errors.

The Hartford Business Journal asked for and received nine of the 10 audits Friday morning from the commission. HBJ has requested the tenth audit.

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